Curwensville vs Sandy

A side-by-side comparison of Curwensville and Sandy: population, income, housing, and more.

Curwensville and Sandy are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Curwensville has the higher population (2,544 vs 853 in Sandy). Sandy has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $50,679 in Curwensville). Sandy has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $95,700 in Curwensville).

Population, income & housing

	Curwensville	Sandy
Population	2,544	853
Median age	43.5 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,679	$53,250
Median home value	$95,700	$136,600
Median gross rent	$686	$900
Housing units	1,167	626
Homeownership rate	71.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curwensville	Sandy
Population	2,314 → 2,544 (+9.9%)	1,401 → 853 (-39.1%)
Median household income	$35,083 → $50,679 (+44.5%)	$47,450 → $53,250 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $95,700 (+11.1%)	$106,600 → $136,600 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $686 (+18.5%)	$1,000 → $900 (-10.0%)

Curwensville

Population

2,3142,544

Median household income

$35,083$50,679

Median home value

$86,100$95,700

Median gross rent

$579$686

Sandy

Population

1,401853

Median household income

$47,450$53,250

Median home value

$106,600$136,600

Median gross rent

$1,000$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Curwensville	Sandy
Under 5	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	22.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	22.0%
75 and over	9.9%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curwensville	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curwensville	Sandy
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	44.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curwensville	Sandy
Drove alone	82.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	20.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curwensville	Sandy
1-unit, detached	74.6%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Curwensville	Sandy
Poverty rate	17.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.27	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1954	1953